Sean Robert Bussard, 41, a White man from the Augusta area, was killed on the night of January 12, 2019, at a home on New Karleen Road in Hephzibah, near Augusta. Deputies responding to calls of shots fired found Bussard with a gunshot wound to the head; the Richmond County coroner pronounced him dead at 10 p.m. He was remembered in obituary notices as a native of Augusta and a self-employed landscaper.

Initial reports gave few details and named no suspect. Days later, investigators tied the killing to Rex Allen Stewart Jr. after Stewart and Cyndi Faye Bowen were arrested in a separate incident where they were accused of shooting at a Richmond County deputy during a traffic stop. Stewart, then 36, was charged with Bussard’s murder; Bowen faced aggravated assault and weapons charges in the deputy-shooting case and was not identified in public reports as charged in Bussard’s death.

Does anyone have information about Bussard, his movements on January 12, 2019, or about the New Karleen Road neighborhood that could help clarify what happened?